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History
Question | Answer |
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Yellow Journalism | journalism that is based upon exaggeration. |
USS Maine | an American naval ship that sank in Havana Harbor during the Cuban revolt against Spain , an event that contributed to the Spanish American War |
Rough Riders | a member of the cavalry unit in which Theodore Roosevelt fought during the Spanish-American War. |
Foraker Act | On April 2, 1900, U.S. President McKinley signed a civil law that established a civilian government in Puerto Rico. |
Platt Amendment | On March 2, 1901, the Platt Amendment was passed. It described seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops who were still remaining in Cuba at the end of the SpanishâAmerican War. |
Protectorate | A state that is controlled and protected by another |
Open Door Policy | the idea of trading with all nations on an equal basis. |
Panama Canal | a canal extending SE from the Atlantic to the Pacific across the Isthmus of Panama. 40 miles |
Treaty of Paris | contract ending the Spanish American War |
Roosevelt Corollary | An addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his state or the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela crisis of 1902-3. |
Monroe Doctrine | The policy, as stated by President Monroe in 1823, that the U.S. opposed further European colonization of and interference with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere. |
Dollar diplomacy | Use of a couple trys financial power to extend its international influence. |